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R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 18/9/1954

No information currently is available for this show but pprune indicates that Flying Programme for the "At Home" 18 Sep 1954 saw a report that they would receive "It is hoped that the Flying Display will include the following:-Breaking the sound barrier by a Sabre of Fighter Command". There was a further comment saying that it actually carried out the flypast at R.A.F Llandow in error.

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 1955

Static Aircraft

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
WR237	Vampire FB.9	No.19MU/St Athan	Static
TG420	Vampire F.2	No.4 SoTT/St Athan	Static	allocated 7071M
RW359	Spitfire LF.16E	No.4 SoTT/St Athan	Static	allocated 6835M
WV631	Provost T.1	No.2 FTS/R.A.F Hullavington	Static
VZ440	Meteor F.8	No.32 MU/R.A.F St Athan	Static
WK136	Canberra B.2	No.231OCU/R.A.F Bassingbourn	Static
WG142	Balliol T.2	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	allocated 7239M
WZ664	Auster AOP.9	No.19MU/St Athan	Static
TJ375	Auster AOP.5	Believed to be Operated by No.4 SoTT/St Athan	Static	allocated 7071M
RW359	Spitfire LF.16E	No.4 SoTT/St Athan	Static	allocated 6835M
?????	Meteor T.7	C.F.S.Little Rissington	Flying Display	Coded "O-B"
?????	Meteor T.7	C.F.S.Little Rissington	Flying Display	Coded "O-K"
?????	Meteor T.7	C.F.S.Little Rissington	Flying Display	Coded "O-N"
?????	Meteor T.7	C.F.S.Little Rissington	Flying Display	Coded "O-?"
SZ567	Sunderland GR.5	No.230 Sqdn/R.A.F Pembroke Dock	Flying Display	Coded "B-P"
?????	Gannet AS.1	No.824 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Culdrose	Flying Display	Coded "CU/410"
?????	Gannet AS.1	No.824 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Culdrose	Flying Display	Coded "CU/413"
?????	Meteor F.8	No.63 Sqdn/R.A.F Waterbeach	Flying Display
VL274	Valetta C.1	Unit not recorded	Flying display
WP221	Valiant B.1	Unit not recorded	Flying display

At the time of update there is no information on teh following airshows held at RAF St Athan

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 1956

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 1957